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Si vive solo due volte. [You Only Live Twice].
Milan: Garzanti, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the purple and yellow dust-jacket, not priced (book price of 850 Lira appears on rear pastedown). Cheap paper browned as expected, jacket with a couple of..... More
Si vive solo due volte. [You Only Live Twice].
Milan: Garzanti, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. The book price of 850 Lira is printed on the rear pastedown. Cheap paper browned as expected, bookseller's slips loosely inserted, a few minor marks to covers..... More
The Centenary Edition of the Works of Ian Fleming.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 2008. [James Bond] LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 18 volumes. The definitive edition of Ian Fleming's works, issued to commemorate the birth of the author; no such edition has been published before. Number 32 of 250 sets thus, bound by Shepherds, Sangorski and Sutcliffe in dark..... More
Complete Paperback First Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
London: Pan Books, 1955-67. [Spy fiction] All paperback First Editions, all are export copies with no price on front cover [OHMSS being the exception priced at 60c]. Fourteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 19cm). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. LLD priced in Lira within, FRWL has UK price blanked out by..... More
The Diamond Smugglers. With an Introduction by 'John Blaize' formerly of the International Diamond Security Organization.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1958. [True crime] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photos and drawings. With errors corresponding to Gilbert. Publisher's light blue cloth with titles in white to the spine, with four white circles representing diamonds stamped to upper. Black pictorial dust-jacket..... More
Goldfinger.
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co. [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with blue titles to spine. With the pictorial blue dust-jacket. Whole lower edge of book tinted purple (other copies are similarly noted..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
New York, NY: The New American Library, 1966. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 183 [1]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and blue leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge blue; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket in blue-grey, titled in yellow. A...... More
'Motel Nymph' [The Spy Who Loved Me] in Stag Annual Magazine. No.1.
New York, NY: Atlas Magazines, 1964. [Men's Magazine] FIRST U.S. PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 21cm), pp.130. The story appears on pp.12-15, 118-129, being an abridged illustrated printing of 'The Spy Who Loved Me', published under this new title and advertised as a 'Suspense novel'. Publisher's Colour-illustrated paper covers..... More
Thunderball.
New York: Viking [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond novel] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214; [2], blank. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with red titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy in similar jacket with some sunning to the spine..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1965. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.211 [13]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and red leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the sand-coloured dust-jacket. A nice clean copy with just a...... More
'A Game of Bridge At Blades' [Moonraker] in Best Gambling Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. [High stakes anthology]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.215. Publisher's cloth hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Some minor toning to text block and endpapers, old bookplate fallen away (tiny traces), jacket chipped to crown. A very good copy. Contains the text of..... More
'A Game of Bridge At Blades' [Moonraker] in Best Gambling Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. [High stakes anthology] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.215. Publisher's cloth hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Autographed in black ink to f.e.p. Some spotting to text block else a fine copy in a clean, bright wrapper. Contains the text of the..... More
John Welcome. 'Best' anthologies, each with content from Ian Fleming [group]. Comprising Best Motoring Stories, Best Gambling Stories, Best Secret Service Stories 1-3, Best Spy Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959-1967. [Literary anthology series] FIRST EDITIONS, 7 volumes, octavos (21 x 14cm). Publisher's cloth hardcovers in illustrated dust-jackets (one softcover first). Three with discreet ink names, one is price-clipped, two re-priced by the publisher. Some minor nicks/rubs to jackets. Generally a very good, presentable set. Bibliographer..... More
Best Motoring Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. [Driving anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.215. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good jacket, with one chip to the top edge of the front panel. Shows well. Contains 'James..... More
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